Ticket issuing and recording machine.



J. P. OHMER & E. H. BRIDENBAIFGH. TIOKBT'ISSUING AND RECORDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16,1909.

Patented May 16,1911

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-J. F, OHMER & E. H. BRIDENBAUGH.

TICKET ISSUING AND RECORDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1909;

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Patented May 16, 1911.

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, Swuanl'ork- Quota APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1909.

J. F. OHMER & E. H. BRIDENBAUGH.

TICKET ISSUING AND RECORDING MACHINE.

J. F. OHMER & E. H. BRIDBNBAUGH.

- TICKET ISSUING AND REGORDING MAOHENE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 16, 1909.

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JOHN F. OHMER AND ELMER BRIDENBAUGH, 0F DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TICEET I SSUING AND RECORDING MACHINE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 16, '1909. Serial No. 502,530.

To all whom it-may' concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN F. Ornusn and Emma H. BRIDENBAUGH, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TicketIssuing and Recording Machines; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. This lnvention relates to new and useful improvements 1n ticket-lssulng and recordmg machines, and embodies certain improvements of the ticket-issuing and recordmg machine shown and described in Letters Patent No. 892,876, granted to ourselves- July 7, 1908.

The object of the present invention is to provide certain meansfor preventing the operator from operating the machine too quickly, and to thereby prevent any tearing .or mutilating of the ticket strip in the operations of. the machine. A further object of the present invention is to provide registering mechanism through theinstrumentality of which the total value of all tickets issued may be ascertained, and

various'other improved features to be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a front elevation'of a machine of the above t-vpe in which our. improvements are utilized. Fig. 2, is an elevation of the left sideof the machine as seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an elevation of the right side of the machine. Fig. 4, is an enlarged side elevation ofthe counter mechanism for recording the total cash. fares. Fig. 5, is a front elevation of the same. Fig, 6, is a detail view of the actuating means of said counter. Fig. 7, is a detail view. of the locking device. Fig. 8, is a sectional elevation on. the line I) b of Fig. 1. Fig. 9, is a sectional elevation on the line. a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 10, is a view of a detached ticket. Fig. 11-, is aviewof the fare jor ticket. indicator.

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9 which is housed within the lower portion of the machine. The ticket strip passes upwardly at the back of the machine through guide plateslO and'll and thence through,

upper horizontal side plates 10 and 11 in which there are suitable openings which expose the ticket'strip to the action of the rollers 4 and 5. The plates 10 and 10' support sh-iftable punches 12 which are similar to the punches shown. and described in our prior Letters Patent hereinbefore referred to. The said punches are set by finger knobs 13 throughlink connections 13, and their purposes are to punch and indicate on the tickets the dates, the time of issuance, the stations or points to which the tickets are issued, the fare or traiiic value and any other desirable matter.

1 Upon the shaft 3 and on the outside of the frame plate 1, is mounted a pinion 14 which engages a large gear 15 mounted on a. shaft 16 having suitable hearings in the fIillTlO plate 1 and 2. Also on shaft 16 is mounted a mutilated gear 17 which is actuated from a segment gear 18 on a pivot 19 to intermittently rotate said gear 1.7. Also mounted on the pivot 19 and rotating concurrently with a gear 18, is a gear 20 that meshes with a gear 21. on adpivot 22. The gear 18 is also mounted on the pivot 19.- The gear 21 in turn, meshes with a gear23 ona pivot 24.

The ratio of the train of gearing consisting.

of gears 23, 21 and 20, is such that two rcvolutions of the gear 23 will drive the gear 20 Also mounted upon the pivot 24 in addition to the gear 23, is a looking disk 26,; a detail of which is shown in Fig. 7. a ratchet 27, and a crank :48, by means of which the machine is operated. Owing to the ratio of the gears 23, 21 and 20, the crank 28 will have av higher-rate of speed than the feed roll 4. The larger feed roll 4- before referred to is provided with suitable peripheral serrations 4-2 which engage the ticket strip 8 to effectually feed the same.

totalcash value of the fares. A counter 61 radius and owing to the ratio of the. gearing,

a sufficient speed cannot be secured during its manual'operation, to drive the feed roll 4 with enough force to tear the ticket strip by-the serrations 42. The ratchet 27 is engaged by a spring-controlled pawl 29 and prevents a retrograde movement of the oper-- ating handle 28. The above-described mechanism including-the various gears referred to, is the actuating mechanism of the machine, and such mechanism-is locked in a normal position by a spring-controlled pawl 30 engaging a notch-30 in the disk 31, the latter being attached to the. gears 18 and 20. The disk 31 carries a pin 32 which is part of the punch-actuating device. The punches are actuated by levers 33 having arms 34 which are connected by links 35. 34 of a vertical series of punchers' is rovided with a pin 36 engaged bya .sli ing member- 37 su ported at 38 to theplate 1. The member 3 carries a. finger 39' engaged by the pin 32 on disk 31 during the rotation of said disk. The forward lever 33 of the horizontal seriesof punches has ah arm 40 l 44 having co1inters45 thereon, one'foreach fare to be registered. These counters-carry star wheels 46 which are engaged by an actuator 47 when any one of said counters is properly set. .The actuator 47 is driven from a gear'48 on the shaft-'16 before referred to. The counters are rotated in setting them, by a thumb piece 49 on a shaft 50 j ournaled in the plates 1 and 2. The shaft 50 carries a gear 51 which meshes with an idler gear 52 which in turn, meshes with a large gear 53 on the shaft 44.

The means for ascertaining when a counter is in a position to be actuated is as follows: One the outer end of the shaft 44a cam 54 is placed which actuates a slide 55 by means of a pin 56. engages one arm of a bell crank lever 57 pivoted at 58. The upper arm of said bell crank lever engages an indicator 59 that ex: tends on the outer side of the casing and operates in connection with aplate 60 having indicated thereon the difierent fares to' be registered, see Fig. 11. These features are the same as in our prior atent.

When the pointer or in icator 59 is moved opposite any specific fare denomination, the counter 45 corresporidin to that fare is placed in operative relation with the actuator 47. It will be borne in mind that the counters 45 are detail counters, or in other words, they register the-number of different fare denominations anddo not register the The arm.

The upper end of the slide 55.

which is actuated from the gear 48, through a pinion 62, registers the number of tickets issued, see Fig.- 1. Means are provided for preventing the machine being operated while the counters 45 are being set, or vice versa, comprising a dial 63 mounted on shaft 44 and having-notches 64 which are engaged by the lower end ofthe s ring-controlled locking disk 26 before referred to, and when rides out ofthe notches 64 causing the lever 66" torock, and the slide 68 to elevate and carry the projection 70 into the notch 71"0f the counters 45 are being set, the pawl 64'.

pawl 64, which, together with the dial 63,

-tion 70 which lies below a notch 71. in .the

the disk 26 and thus prevents-the machine from being actuated by turning the crank 28. If the crank 28 is being turned the projection 70 cannot enter the notch 71', andas a consequence, the awl 64 is locked in one of the notches 64 0 the wheel 63, and thus the counters 45 are prevented from being set.

istering the total fmoney value of all 'the tickets irrespective of their individual values. This counter consists of three denominations of wheels, to wit: Hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands and are indicated by 77, and a unit and tens wheel indicated by 78. These cash counters are mounted upon a shaft 7 6 which in-turn, is mounted in a frame 75 supported on plate 43, see Figs. 4, 5 and-6. Suitable transfer mechanism 79 of any. of the well-known types, is provided between the various counting wheels 77 and 78, and the unit and tens wheel is provided with a ratchet 7 9 engaged by a pawl 80 pivoted at 83 to a gear 71. A retaining pawl 82 is provided to pre- A total cash counter is provided for regvent any retrograde movement of said unit and tens wheel 78, see Fig. 3. p

The gear 71 ineshes with a gear 84 on a shaft 85, the latter gear carryinga plate 86 having shoulders 8." adapted to engage the upper end of a lever 88 to set the counter to register the different fare values; the lever 88 is pivoted at 89 to the frame -75 and has an entended arni 90 which engages a pin 91 on'the slide 55 hereinbefore referred to in connection with the fare indicator 59. The 'position of the lever 88 is therefore, controlled by theslide 55 and the position of the slide is controlled by the inieator 59. If the indicator stands at the the upper end of the lever 88 will be in a ,position to engage the lowershoulder 87 fare indication of 5 as it does in Fig. 11,'

of the plate 86 wl' ichgcorresponds to the fare-denomination of,5 see Fig. The plate '86 and the gear 84: are rigidly secured to the shaft 85 and are under the control of the sprin 91 which 1 is mounted upon said shaft. a t hen the plate 86 is released, by means hereinafter described, the spring 91 will rotate the gears 71 and 84 a distance corresponding to theta-re indi-' cated, During this operation, the pawl 80 will ride over the ratchet. 79 and Will be in' a position to rotate the unitand tens wheel 78 a sufficient distance to register'the value of the fare indicated. See Fig. 6. On the back of the gear 84 is a lug 91 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, which is engaged by a pin 92 ona link 93 carried by a crank 94 on a sleeve 96; the sleeve 96 carries a gear 97 which. receives t-movement from the large feed roll 1- through gear 98, shaft 99, gear 100 and gear 101 on the feed roll shaft 3. One revolution of the feed roll 4 imparts one revolution to the gear 97. The pin 92 extends through the link 93 and rides in a cam race 102 which is in the face of a stationary cam 95 on shaft 85.

A depressed portion 104 is provided in the cam 95 and when the crank 94 is initially rotated, the pin 92 will ride into-said depressed portion of the cam race and release the projection 91, thus allowing the gears 84 and 71 and pawl 80 to revolve under the influenceof the spring 91', thereby placing the counter in a set position. In this set position, the projection 91 lies along the circumferential portion of the cam race 102 and said projection will be engaged by the pin 92 during its extended movement and carried back to the normal position shown in Fig.6, thereby, registering the fare indicated on the unit and tens wheel 78. An arm 105 is attached to the crank 94 and engagesthe top of thepawl 80 when said pawl 15 in its normal .position. This prevents the counter 78 from being rotated when the parts are in their normal position. By the term set position used in connection with the total cash count 3, it will be understood, is meant the position of said counter to register each fare or ticket value as indicated bythe shoulders on the plate 86 and the position of the pointer 59, Fig. 11.-

The operation of the machine is as follows: WVhen the operator desires to issue aticket of a given denomination'or value, the thumb piece 49, Fig.1, is rotated until the desired fare is indicated on the tablet- 60 by the pointer 59, see Fig. 11; this places the detail counter.45 corresponding to that fare opposite the actuator'47. The upper end of the lever 88 will also be set ina position corresponding to the value of the fare indicated, movement beingimparted to said lever '88 from the .slide 55,, the latter being moved by the lever 57 in shifting the indicator 59.

The various punches 12 are set by means of the finger pieces 13 and the crank 28 is then rotated. During the first revolution of said crank, the punches are actuated to punch the tickets at the various points as indicated in Fig. 10, and during the second revolution of said crank thefced roll 4 is rotated and the ticket is fed from the machine. During the rotation of the feed roll 4, the plate 86 has been released by-thc pin 9'2'which places the total cash counter in a set position. The continued movement ofv the feed roll carries the pin 92 into the cam race 102 where it picks up the lug 91 and carriesit back to its normal position, thereby actuating the total cash value wheels 77 and 78 throughthe ratchet 79 and pawl 80.

Having described our invention we claim:

1. In a machine of the type specified, the

combination with a feed roll adapted to feed a strip of tickets having various cash values printed thereon, means for indicating the cash value on said tickets, and means for actuating the feed roll, of a counter adapted to register the total .cash values of said tickets, setting mechanism adapted to arrest said counter at different points of its movement in registering different ticket values, mechanism for actuz'i'ting said counter to the extent of the movement permitted by the setting mechanism, said actuating mechanism being operated fromthe feed roll during each continuous rotation of said feed roll in feeding each ticket'from the machine.

2. In a machine of the type specified, the combination with a feed roll adapted to feed tickets having various cash values printed thereon, a punch adapted to indicate the selcctedcash fare on each ticket, and means for actuating said feed roll, of a counter adapted to register the total cash values as indicated by said punch, means for allowing said counter to be placed in aposition ,to register the different ticket values, and means for actuating said counter, said countor-actuating means being operated from the feed roll during each continuous rotation of said feed roll in feeding each ticket.

3. In a machine of the type specified, the combination of a cam, a sliding member. actuated thereby, an indicating lever and a setting lever actuated by said slide, and a counter upon which the total money values of tickets are rcgistercd,-and means interposed between the setting lever and said counter for placing the counter in a position to register the fare indicated by the indicating lever. g Y

4:. In a machine of the type specified, an actuating slide and means for operating the same, in combination with an indicating lever and a setting lever actuated by said slide, and a counter for counting the totalv values of the tickets, the operation of said counter being controlled by the setting lever.

'a'series of punches-adapted to perforate. said tickets prior to theirlfeed, a sliding member,

--meehan 1sm engaged: thereby for operating the punches, a dial actuating said sliding member, a crank, a train of gearing between said crank andsaid dial, and an intermittently-r'otating train of gearing between said crank and the feed roll whereby said feed roll is enabled to impart a gradual initial feed to theiticket.

a 7. In a machine of the type specified, a feed rollhaving peripheral serrations adapted to engage a'ticket' strip to feed the same upon the rotation of said roll, and a stamp adapted to indicate the cash value of each ticket, in combination with a crank having a higher rate of speed than the feed roll, and

' a train of gearing interposed between said value, a shaft around which said counters revolve as a unit 1 disk mounted on said'shaft, and means-interposed between the disk and the dial whereby, when one is being actuated the other is locked.

9. In-a machine of the type specified, a

- feed-roll adapted to feed a ticket striphaving printed thereon a multiplicity of fare values, a punch adapted to indicate on said ticket its fare value, a crank adapted to rotate said feed roll, a disk. 26 on said crank, a multiplicity of counters one for each fare value, a shaft around which said counters re volve as a unit, a dial 63 mounted on-said shaft, a sliding member 68 adapted to engage and lock said disk 26, a lever 66 adapted to actuate said sliding member, a lever 64 adapted to lock said dial 63 and to actuate the lever 66, wherebywhen the dial G3 is locked, the disk 26 is free, and when said disk is locked, the dial is free.

'10. In a machine of the type specified, a feed roll, and means for actuating the same, in combination witl an indicator adapted to indicate fare values, a setting lever moving concurrently with said m'dlcator, a counting wheel, rotatable setting means adapted to engage said lever and to actuate said count:

ing wheel, and an actuator operated from said feed roll and adapted torelease said rotatable setting means during its initial movement and to return said setting means to a normalpOsitiOnfduring the continued movement of said actuator.

l 1.- In a machine of the type specified,- the eombination'with a feed roll, means for actuating said feed roll, and an indicator, of a setting lever operated concurrently with said indicator, a counting wheel, a springcontrolled notched plate adapted to boreleased and to engage said setting lever} means actuated from said feed roll adapted to release said notched: plate and to return the same to a normal position, and connect ing mechanism between'said counting wheel and said plate, whereby said counting wheel isactuated during the return'moveme'nt of said plate.

12. In a machine of the type specified, feed roll, means for actuating said feed roll, an indicator, a setting lever operating con currently with saidvindic'ator, a counting wheel, mechanism adapted to engage-said setting lever during the forward movementof said mechanism andto actuate said count-= ing' wheel during its rearward movement, a

spring controlling said 1ne' chanism during its forward movement, and means operated and during the'continued movement of said means to return said mechanism to its normal position and thereby actuate the counting wheel.

13. In a machine of the type specified, the combination with a feed roll, means for ac-' tuating said feed roll, and an indicator, of a setting lever .operated concurrently with said indicator, a coiinting ,wheel, a plate having notches therein corresponding in position t0 the fare values on the indic'ator,a spring controlling said 5 ate during the forward movement of sai plate, a gear and ratchet connection moving concurrently with said plate and adapted to actuate said counting wheel, a stationary cam, 21 pin in operative relation with said cam and actuated from the feed roll, said pin being,

adapted to release said plate to permit the 1 spring to actuate thesame, and-to returnv said plate to a normal position after the spring has actuated itzi' 14. In a machine of the typespecified, a

counting wheel, a ratchet on said counting.

wheel, a pawl engaging saidratehet, a-gear upon which s'aid pawl ismounted, a second gear having a projection thereon and in mesh with said first named gear, a n'otched plate attached to said second gear, a setting lever, a spring adapted tomove said plate in engagement w th sald lever, and meansfor r 13M;

- counting wheel is varied.

adapted to engage said lever and to actuate I cording to their fare values, and means for adapted to feed tickets having various cash I to registering'positions, and means for actu- .counter to registering positions, and means for actuating said counters after being set,

.said feed roll, of a plurality of detail gaged by the variousjnotches on said plate and whereby the movement imparted to the l5. Ina machine of the type specified, an indicatoradapted to indicate fare values, a setting lever moving concurrently therewith, a counting wheel, rotatable setting devices said counting wheel, an actuator adapted to release said rotatable settingdevices during its initial movement, and to; return said settingdevic es to a normal position during the 16. The combination with a feed roll adapted to feed ticketshaving various cash values indicated thereonby perforations, a punch adapted to perforate said tickets acactuating said feed roll, of a plurality of detail counters, one for'each cash value, of a total counter ada ted to register the total cash values of said tickets, and means for concurrently actuating one of the detail. counters and the total cash counter.

' 17. The combination with a feed roll values indicated thereon by perforations, a punch adapted to indicate on said tickets the fare values, and means for actuating said feed. roll, of a plurality of detail counters, one for each cash value, of a total counter adapted to register the total cash value of said tickets, means for setting any one of the detail counters and the total cash counter atin'g said counters after being set.

18. The combination with afeed roll adapted to feed tickets having various cash valuesindicated thereon by perforations, a punch adapted to indicate on said tickets their fare values, and means for actuating said feed roll, of a plurality of detail counters, one for each cash value, of a total counter adapted to 'register the total cash value of said tickets, means for setting any one of the detaileounters and the total cash said setting means and said actuating means being operated during each continuous rotation of said feed roll in feeding each ticket from the machine.

19. The combinationwith a feed roll adapted to feed-tickets having various cash values indicated'thereon by perforations, a punch adapted to indicate on said tickets their fare values, and means for actuating ing the tively. In testimony whereof we aflix our'sign'a' numbereach time any one of the detail counters areactuated, and means for simultaneously actuating one of the detail counters and the total consecutive counter.

'20. The combination with a feed roll adapted to feed tickets having various cash values indicated thereon, a punch adapted to indicate on each ticket the value thereof, devices for actuating said feed roll, and a series of detailcounters one for each cash value, of a counter adapted to register the total cash value as indicated by the punch, stop mechanism for said total cash counter, means for setting one of the detail counters and the total cash counter stop mechanism concurrently, and 'means for actuating said counters, said last named means being operated from the feedroll actuatingdev ices during each continuous rotation of said feed roll in feeding each ticket.

21. The combination with a cam, an indicator, setting devices, means connecting said 1' cam, indicator and setting devices, of a counter upon which total money valuesare registered, means having a setting movementin one directlon, and an actuating movement 22. Thecombinatlon with an actuating slide, an indicator, and a setting device actua ated by said slide, of a counter for'counting the total value of tickets, the operation of said counter being controlled by the setting device, and means having a setting movement in one direction, and an actuating movement in the other direction for allowing said counter to be actuated to an extent predetermined by said indicator.

23. The combination of a feed roll adapt ed to feed a strip of tickets, a series of punches to perforate said tickets, a series of indicators to indicate the positions of the punches, means for simultaneously setting the punches and indicators, and means having a continuous rotary motion for. operatpunches and the feed roll consecu tures, in presence of twowitnesses, g JOHN EOHMER, y

ELMER H. BRIDENBAUGH; Witnesses: 7

' CAROLYN M. THEO ALD,

MATTHEW in the other direction,interposed between the 

